crackerjack069
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The State radio Tech's are doing the rebanding upgrade to the 800mhz system now threw 0200 4/18/12. The system is expected to be in "SITE TRUNK" off and on in that time.
Would this cause a scanner, to say......not recognize a control channel?
I posted my problem in the Radioshack section and the original thread can be seen here-
http://forums.radioreference.com/radio-shack-scanners/238333-need-help-pro-164-will-not-trunk.html
I figured I'd ask some local folk and see what you guys think. Basically, I have an RS PRO-164 and a GRE PSR-300. They're basically the same scanner, as you may or may not know. I programmed both with ARC-300 software, same exact channels. I receive the MSP control channel for Boston simucast (860.9875) on my psr-300 nice and clear, however my 164 will not recognize it as a control channel. I've updated the firmware, wiped and reloaded the scanner 3 times now..still will not recognize it as a control channel. Meanwhile, my PSR-300 is blabbing away every 2 seconds with traffic on the same control channel like a champ. Any suggestions as to what may be to blame? I doubt it's a rebanding issue since the 300 is working fine with the same setup. On the 164 I can get the MSP on a different control channel, however it sounds very muffled and far away. It also displays the "T" for trunk when scanning over the band with MSP in it since I added this other control channel that works, so it CAN trunk and isn't broken, I assume. MSP is the only thing in this entire band on my radios. I'm at a loss to what is wrong.
It's a controller upgrade. Most of MSP, except for some fill in sites are not in the frequency range that needs rebanding.
That would Depend. Is this issue NEW and occuring last night between 1900 and 0500 this morning ? If not then No. You could be caught in a multi-path issue between multiple towers on Zone 5 Where are you located ?
you are hearing the control channel on an adjacent channel which may account for the lack of proper decoding. Try reprogramming/reloading the system to be sure the correct frequency isn't locked out.
chris
It would be interesting to hear if the new B-Troop system is now integrated to the legacy system as of this am or not, based on the new P25 controller being installed at the Crystal Palace
I've done this 4 times, and also wiped the band where MSP is on my scanner and re-entered everything manually using ARC300 software. MSP is the only thing programmed into this band, band 1, starting at channel 101. Unfortunately I'm fearing that my scanner is poohing the bed on me
There's your problem, that you're using Arc300. I have it here on my desktop and it will sometimes when transferring data into the radio, change the frequencies, modes or the tones of several channels, even though the information is properly entered and recognized as proper. I use Win97 which has never let me down. I have given up on using Arc300 altogether.
I have two freqs that somewhat work. Trunk, but sound distant. They are-
859.850000
861.000000
Oddly, they're both rounded off. None of the ones entered correctly pick up anything.
I think I'll wipe it, and enter it manually for a test.
Those are incorrect frequencies anyway. I don't know what it is that's happened. You may have tried to set up trunking tables, which you don't need to do, just make sure everything is set to default values and then open up your files and edit them properly. Just make sure that you don't have any rebanding set up and everything is back to normal. That's all I can think of since I don't use it anymore.